INVITATION TO BID
Sealed bids for construction of FY 2024 CDBG Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation will be received until Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM at the Baldwin County Board of Commissioners Office, 1601 N. Columbia Street, Suite 230, Milledgeville, Georgia 31061 at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read. Any proposal received after said time and date will not be considered by the Owner. No bid may be withdrawn after the closing time for the receipt of bids for a period of sixty (60) days.
Under this project, the Contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment and materials necessary to construct the proposed sewer system improvements as shown on the construction drawings. More specifically, the work shall consist of ± 1,667 LF of 12” and ± 459 LF of 10’’sanitary sewer rehabilitation utilizing CIPP and dig and replace rehabilitation methods. The work shall also include ± 50 service transfers, the installation of approximately 4,400 LF of 6” and 4” PVC service pipe, and ± 75 VF manhole rehabilitation.
Time allotted for completion of work is 180 consecutive calendar days.
All Work shall be completed in accordance with the plans and specifications. The Work will be awarded in one (1) Contract.
Plans, Specifications, and Contract Documents are available at www.QuestCDN.com. You may view the digital documents for free by entering the Quest project number 9769806 on the website’s project search page. The fee to download the digital documents is $200.00 payable through the website. Please contact QuestCDN customer support at 952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in membership registration, downloading and working with digital project information. Any other questions can be directed to the issuing office, Carter & Sloope, Inc., Canton, GA, 770-479-8782.
The Scope of Work as described herein is defined as “utility contracting” in accordance with O.C.G.A. 43-14-2(17) so the Contractor preforming the work must provide proof of a valid license by the State of Georgia as a “Utility Contractor” and must employ a “Utility Manager” certification holder who will have oversight on all the work. Therefore, the Contractor submitting a bid must list the license number of the Contractor performing the utility contracting on the face of the bid envelope and on the bid form and provide proof of a valid license with the bid. No bid will be opened unless it contains the Contractor’s Utility License Number on the envelope. See Instruction to Bidders for additional bidding requirements.
Bids shall be accompanied by a bid bond or certified cashier’s check in an amount not less than 10% of the base bid. All bonds shall be by a surety company licensed in Georgia with an “A” minimum rating of performance and a financial strength of at least five (5) times the contract price as listed in the most current publication of “Best’s Key Rating Guide Property Liability”. Performance and Payment Bonds, each in an amount equal to 100% of the contract price shall be required of the successful bidder if contract is awarded. Each Bond shall be accompanied by a “Power of Attorney” authorizing the attorney-in-fact to bind the surety and certified to include the date of the bond.
Any Contract awarded under this Advertisement will be primarily funded by a grant from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs – Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program.
This is a Section 3 Covered Project under the HUD Act of 1968 and Section 3 Residents and Business Concerns are encouraged to apply. The County is committed to providing all persons with equal access to its services, programs, activities, education, and employment regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, disability or age.
All Bidders must comply with 41 CFR 60-4, in regard to affirmative action, to insure equal opportunity to females and minorities and will apply the timetables and goals set forth in 41 CFR 60-4, as applicable to the area of the project. Bidders must also comply with OCGA-13-10-91, and utilize the federal work authorization program commonly known as E-Verify.
All contractors wishing to be identified as a Section 3 Business Concern must include a completed (as well as signed and notarized) Section 3 Business Concern, Previous Certificate of Compliance and Action Plan with their bid proposal.
In reviewing the bid proposals, any contractors that are identified as qualified Section 3 Business Concerns should be reviewed and if legitimate, granted a Preference in contracting, all other things being equal.
This agreement is for services related to a project that is subject to the Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA) requirements under Title IX of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“IIJA”), Pub. L. 177-58. Absent an approved waiver, all iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in this project must be produced in the United States, as further outlined by the Office of Management and Budget’s Memorandum M-22-11, Initial Implementation Guidance on Application of Buy America Preference in Federal Financial Assistance Programs for Infrastructure, April 18,2022.
Attention of BIDDERS is particularly called to the requirements regarding as to conditions of employment to be observed and wage rates to be paid under the contract documents on this project must be paid as per the WAGE RATES in the CDBG Contract Clauses included in the Contract Documents on this project, and that the contractor, subcontractor must also comply with all Federal, State, and local requirements. Minority and female owned firms are encouraged to participate in this Federally-funded project. Procurement will be in compliance with the Common Rule, 24 CFR 84.36. Potential respondents are particularly called to the requirements of Title VI; of Civil Rights Act of 1964 and CFR 570.602; and Executive Order 11246-Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action. The work to be performed under this contract is subject to the requirements of Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, 12 U.S.C. 1701 u (Section 3). The purpose of Section 3 is to ensure that employment and other economic opportunities generated by HUD assistance or HUD-assisted projects covered by Section 3, shall to greatest extent feasible, be directed to Section 3 residents and businesses in the area especially low- and very-low income persons, particularly persons who are recipients of HUD assistance for housing. Neither the United States nor any of the departments, agencies, or employees is or will be a party of any contract awarded pursuant to this invitation to bid.
All anticipated federal, state, or local permits required for the project have been obtained or will be obtained prior to the start of construction.
Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, including without limitation, the rights to reject any or all nonconforming, nonresponsive, unbalanced or conditional Bids and to reject the Bid of any Bidder if Owner believes that it would not be in the best interest of the Project to make an award to that Bidder, whether because the Bid is not responsive or the Bidder is unqualified or of doubtful financial ability or fails to meet any other pertinent standard or criteria established by the Owner. Owner reserves the right to waive informalities, and to re-advertise.
Baldwin County Board of Commissioners
Represented By: Carlos Tobar, County Manager
Baldwin County Board of Commissioners
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